Sunset & Sunrise Today in Hayward, California

In Hayward, California, the sun rises at 7:16 AM and sets at 6:31 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 15m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Hayward, is at 12:54 PM.

Hayward lies at latitude 37.67°, in the mid-latitudes, where daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 20 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Hayward keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Hayward runs from about 5:57 PM to 6:48 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:48 PM to 6:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Hayward is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 20s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Hayward drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Hayward, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Hayward ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 45m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 32m.